Investigations
Moses Oko: Jailed without Trial?
By Sam Akpe A certain young man, Moses Oche Oko, has been waiting for justice since January 2022. This month marks one year since he was arrested by the police in Plateau State and imprisoned. No trial. No conviction. An undergraduate of the University of Jos, Moses has moved from…
Read More »Tinubu, APC Presidential candidate, risks disqualification over fresh allegations of perjury, criminal forgery of credentials
By Bassey Udo The Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, risks disqualification from the February 2023 race following fresh allegations of perjury, identity theft, and criminal forgery against him. Of late, there have been several allegations bordering on various criminal misconducts against Tinubu since…
Read More »UPDATED: N170.3m FIRS contract fraud: How AGF Malami gave safe passage to Zinox Chairman, wife, 11 other suspects
By Bassey Udo The twists and turns in the protracted N170.3 million contract fraud case allegedly involving some top officials of Zinox Group and its affiliate, Technology Distributions Limited and their allies came to an anti-climax on Tuesday, as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar…
Read More »N170.3m FIRS contract fraud: AGF to arraign Zinox Group Chairman, wife, 9 other suspects in court Nov. 8
By Bassey Udo The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, has fixed Tuesday, November 8, 2022, for the formal arraignment of the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh; wife, Chioma, and nine other suspects in an alleged N170.3 million contract fraud. The arraignment by Human Rights lawyer, Femi…
Read More »N170.3M FIRS contract fraud: You are a compulsive liar, Citadel Oracle MD replies Zinox Chairman
By Bassey Udo The Managing Director of Citadel Oracle Concepts Limited, Benjamin Joseph, has described the Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, as a compulsive liar over the years his denial of involvement in a N170.3 million contract fraud. In widely publicised reports last week, Mr Ekeh had denied he,…
Read More »N170.3m contract fraud: Zinox Group Chairman, wife, four others file defence in AGF’s criminal charge
By Bassey Udo The Chairman of Zinox Group, Stan Leo Ekeh, along with his wife, Chioma, and four other suspects charged by the Federal Government over alleged involvement in a N170.3 million contract fraud have filed a process to open their defence for the crime. The legal process, No. M/11480/2022…
Read More »Attorney-General charges Zinox Group Chairman, wife, 11 other suspects over alleged N170.3m contract fraud
By Bassey Udo After evading prosecution for over eight years, the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh; wife, Chioma, and 11 other suspects in alleged N170.3 million contract fraud have finally been charged to court. On September 9, 2022, Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, filed a 17-count charge against…
Read More »NUPRC constitutes team to drive gas commercialization towards 2025 flares out target
MEDIATRACNET For effective coordination of the gas commercialisation programme towards the Federal Government 2025 gas flares-out target, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has inaugurated a special team to that effect. The 12-member Flare Gas Commercialisation Programme Team would ensure gas flaring, which has continued to constitute a menace…
Read More »N170m FIRS contract fraud: DPP takes over prosecution of petitioner
By Bassey Udo Pursuant to the November 15, 2021 directive by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Babadoko Mohammed, on Tuesday effectively took over the prosecution of the petitioner in the alleged N170.3 million Federal Inland Revenue Service…
Read More »N170m FIRS contract fraud: Again, Attorney General orders DPP to take over police prosecution of petitioner against suspects
By Bassey Udo For the second time since 2016, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has ordered the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to immediately take over the prosecution of the case of “false petitioning” by the police against Citadel Oracle Concept Limited…
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